1894–95 Football League

The 18941895 season was the seventh season of The Football League.

During the first five seasons of the league the re-election process had concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league, but as of the 1894–95 season the re-election requirement was reduced to the last three clubs in Division Two.

However, as Lincoln City (fourth from last) and Walsall Town Swifts (third from last) both finished with 20 points, they were both subjected to the re-election process, and Walsall eventually resigned from the league. After this, and until the 1976–77 season, goal average (explained below) was used to determine a club's exact position and there were no more anomalies in the re-election processes.

Goal average was calculated by dividing the goals scored with goals conceded, and would more appropriately be called goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

League standings

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at the The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Note: Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

Match results are drawn from The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[1] and Rothmans[2] for the First Division and from Rothmans for the Second Division.

First Division

First Division
Season 1894–95
Champions Sunderland
(3rd English title)
Relegated Liverpool
FA Cup winners Aston Villa (2nd title)
Matches played 240
Goals scored 917 (3.82 per match)
Top goalscorer John Campbell (Sunderland), 22
Biggest home win Blackburn 9–1 Small Heath (5 Jan 1895)
Sunderland 8–0 Derby County (1 Sept 1894)
Biggest away win Wanderers 0–4 Aston Villa (22 Dec 1894)
Highest scoring Blackburn 9–1 Small Heath (5 Jan 1895)
Longest winning run 8 matches
Everton (1 Sep 1894 - 20 Oct 1894)
Longest unbeaten run 10 matches
Sunderland (6 Oct 1894 - 27 Dec 1894)
Longest losing run 7 matches
Burnley (16 Mar 1895 - 20 Apr 1895)
Highest attendance 35.000
Everton - Sunderland (27 Oct 1894)
Lowest attendance 1.000
Small Heath - Preston North End (29 Sep 1894)
Stoke -Small Heath (27 Oct 1894)
Blackburn Rovers -West Bromwich Albion (22 Dec 1894)
Derby County - Stoke (19 Jan 1895)
Stoke - Sunderland (26 Jan 1895)
Average attendance 7.431
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1Sunderland3013205114834292380372.162+4347
2Everton3012214718645353282501.640+3242
3Aston Villa3012215112537313182431.907+3939
4Preston North End309333214627303262461.348+1635
5Blackburn Rovers309514015258193459491.204+1032
6Sheffield United3010233317429243857551.036+232
7Nottingham Forest3010143322348173450560.893–631
8The Wednesday30102336192211143650550.909–528
9Burnley3082528243210163244560.786–1226
10Bolton Wanderers3083445231410163961620.984–125
11Wolverhampton Wanderers3074424252310193843630.683–2025
12Small Heath3066335283111154650740.676–2425
13West Bromwich Albion3092438211212134551660.773–1524
14Stoke3073535252310154250670.746–1724
15Derby County304562323348224545680.662–2323
16Liverpool[3]3064538281410134251700.729–1922

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
League Champions
FA Cup Winners
Into a test match

Results

Home ╲ Away AST BLB BOLBURDEREVELIVNOTPNESHUSMHSTKSUNWEDWBAWOL
Aston Villa 30 21 50 40 22 50 41 41 50 21 60 12 31 31 22
Blackburn Rovers 13 21 10 00 43 11 00 11 32 91 60 11 31 30 51
Bolton Wanderers 43 13 11 60 13 10 41 12 62 12 22 41 22 50 61
Burnley 33 21 10 20 24 33 01 21 24 31 12 03 30 20 21
Derby County 02 00 22 02 22 01 42 21 41 41 11 12 12 11 13
Everton 42 21 31 32 23 30 61 42 11 50 30 22 31 41 21
Liverpool 12 22 12 03 51 22 50 25 22 31 20 23 42 40 33
Nottingham Forest 21 23 33 21 21 23 30 02 30 20 31 21 21 53 02
Preston North End 01 11 22 40 32 12 22 31 21 01 30 10 31 50 20
Sheffield United 21 30 50 22 14 42 22 32 01 02 30 40 10 21 10
Small Heath 22 11 20 10 35 44 30 12 44 42 42 11 00 12 43
Stoke City 41 51 50 51 41 13 31 03 21 13 22 25 02 11 00
Sunderland 44 32 40 30 80 21 32 22 20 20 71 31 31 30 20
The Wednesday 10 41 21 43 11 30 50 00 31 23 20 24 12 32 31
West Bromwich Albion 32 20 11 01 22 14 50 10 45 10 41 32 02 60 51
Wolverhampton Wanderers 04 33 42 10 22 10 31 11 13 03 21 00 14 20 31

Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Test Matches 1895

The test matches were a kind of play-offs, in which the bottom 1st Division teams faced the top 2nd Division teams. The 1st Division teams, if coming out as winners, would retain their places in the division. If a 2nd Division team won, it would be considered for 1st Division membership through an election process. Losing 2nd Division teams would stay in the 2nd Division.

27 April 1895
Bury (2nd Div. Champions) 1–0 Liverpool (1st Div. 16th)
Ewood Park
Attendance: 5,000

27 April 1895
Derby County (1st Div. 15th) 2–1 Notts County (2nd Div. 2nd)
Filbert Street
Attendance: 8,000

27 April 1895
Stoke (1st Div. 14th) 3–0 Newton Heath (2nd Div. 3rd)
Athletic Ground
Attendance: 10,000

Test Match Consequences

Of the winners, Bury were elected into 1st Division, while Derby County and Stoke remained in 1st Division.

Of the losers Liverpool were not re-elected to 1st Division and were invited to join 2nd Division, while Notts County and Newton Heath remained there.

Second Division

Second Division
Season 1894–95
Champions Bury (1st title)
Promoted Bury
Resigned Walsall Town Swifts
Matches played 240
Goals scored 1023 (4.26 per match)
Top goalscorer David Skea (Leicester Fosse), 22 [4]
Biggest home win Notts CountyBurslem Port Vale 10–0 (26 Feb 1895)
Biggest away win Burton SwiftsLeicester Fosse 0–5 (2 Mar 1895)
Highest scoring Manchester CityLincoln City 11–3 (23 Mar 1895)
Longest winning run 8 matches
Bury (29 Sep 1894 - 24 Nov 1894)
Longest unbeaten run 13 matches
Burton Wanderers (12 Jan 1895 - 16 Apr 1895)
Leicester Fosse (26 Jan 1895 - 20 Apr 1895)
Longest losing run 9 matches
Crewe Alexandra F.C. (29 Sep 1894 - 5 Jan 1895)
Walsall Town Swifts (17 Nov 1894 - 26 Jan 1895)
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1Bury[5]3015004811825302278332.364+4548
2Notts County3012215015537253075451.667+3039
3Newton Heath309605218627262678441.773+3438
4Leicester Fosse3011224520465273372531.358+1938
5Grimsby Town30140151164110283679521.519+2737
6Darwen3013115310339213374431.721+3136
7Burton Wanderers301032499447183067391.718+2835
8Woolwich Arsenal3011315420339213875581.293+1734
9Manchester City3093356285010264482721.139+3031
10Newcastle United30111351281212215672840.857–1227
11Burton Swifts3092434202112185452740.703–2225
12Rotherham Town30100537221212184055620.887–724
13Lincoln City3080732272013206552920.565–4020
14Walsall Town Swifts[6]3080735252013126747920.511–4520
15Burslem Port Vale306363023111395439770.506–4818
16Crewe Alexandra3034820340015669261030.252–7710

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
Division Champions, into a test match
Into a test match
New club in the league (see also Bury)
Re-elected
Failed re-election or resigned

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away BPV BRS BRWBRYCREDRWGRILEILINMCINEWNWHNTCROTWALWOO
Burslem Port Vale 20 10 12 40 03 50 11 71 12 44 25 03 11 10 01
Burton Swifts 10 22 01 40 30 21 05 61 21 53 12 22 20 12 30
Burton Wanderers 40 12 12 40 22 00 11 41 80 90 10 10 40 70 21
Bury 40 20 40 41 10 51 41 41 42 41 21 21 21 41 20
Crewe Alexandra 22 13 12 15 22 21 22 14 23 21 02 03 21 23 00
Darwen 20 50 20 01 50 41 82 60 40 50 11 21 43 20 31
Grimsby Town 41 71 72 32 50 21 43 30 21 30 21 01 41 10 42
Leicester Fosse 21 22 12 10 40 21 10 21 31 44 23 51 42 91 31
Lincoln City 61 32 02 13 52 02 15 12 02 31 30 13 20 10 52
Manchester City 41 41 11 33 41 24 25 11 113 40 25 71 10 61 41
Newcastle United 12 63 31 10 60 32 14 20 42 54 30 22 52 72 24
Newton Heath 30 51 11 22 61 11 20 22 30 41 51 33 32 90 33
Notts County 100 51 20 21 51 21 32 30 30 13 21 11 42 50 22
Rotherham Town 21 41 13 23 20 41 32 01 52 32 10 21 12 61 12
Walsall 20 41 31 03 40 51 43 13 12 12 23 12 21 12 41
Woolwich Arsenal 70 30 11 42 70 40 13 33 52 42 32 32 21 11 61

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "England 1894–95". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  2. 1 2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
  3. Not re-elected after losing test match. Invited to join Second Division.
  4. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  5. Elected to First Division after winning test match.
  6. Resigned from Football League.

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